By MOLLY YANITY, P-I REPORTER

Published 10:00 pm, Thursday, July 12, 2007

Tyrone Willingham's largest and most touted recruiting class took another hit Thursday when wide receivers Devin Aguilar and Anthony Boyles revealed they do not have qualifying scores on their college entrance examinations.

Recruiting Web site RealDawg.com reported the news Thursday morning, and Boyles, regarded as perhaps the best player in the class, confirmed it by e-mail but did not elaborate.

Boyles was expected to contribute this fall after a strong career at Serra High School in Gardena, Calif. The 6-foot-3 receiver had 47 receptions for 689 yards and nine touchdowns during his senior season. He added three touchdowns on punt returns. In December, he was named the MVP of the Offense-Defense All-American Bowl in Florida.

Boyles told the Seattle P-I in February he was "coming (to Washington) to make a difference, to help the team go to Rose Bowls and win a national championship."

That plan is likely kaput, though Boyles told RealDawg.com he would continue to attempt to qualify. Should he succeed, his recruiting would reopen and he would lose a year of eligibility.

The NCAA uses a core grade-point average/test-score sliding scale. If a player has a GPA of 3.0, he must score a minimum of 620 on the SAT. If he has a GPA of 2.0, he would need a 1010.

Aguilar also said he did not qualify. A native of Denver, he had 53 receptions for 1,330 yards and 18 touchdowns his senior season at J.K. Mullen High School.

Aguilar said he plans to retake the test in September and could enroll in the fall if he qualifies. Classes begin Sept. 26, meaning he'd miss the first four games as well as all the practices up to that point.

While wide receiver is the Huskies' deepest position -- they have five seniors with ample experience -- the academic hits leave the team with just one receiver from this year's recruiting class -- Alvin Logan of Aurora, Colo.

Logan had 34 receptions for 575 yards and nine touchdowns as a senior at Jesuit High School. He also starred at cornerback.

Twenty-four of the original 27 signees are expected to report for fall practices Aug. 5. Defensive tackle Emeka Iweka of Seattle's Rainier Beach High School already reported his failure to earn a qualifying score.